International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Kathmandu, Nepal

HKH-BIF:Publishing HKH Biodiversity Data Globally

Regional Consultation to Develop Future Strategic Programme for Biodiversity Management andClimate Change Adaptation in the Karakoram Pamir Landscape

Kathmandu, Nepal16-17 December 2011

Deependra Tandukar, Bandana Shakya

Publish globally

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HKH biodiversity richness

WhyHow

HKH biodiversity: Global BD conservation priority

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Maps of the nine global biodiversity conservation priority templates: CE, crisis ecoregions (21); BH, biodiversity hot spots [(11), updated by (39)]; EBA, endemic bird areas (15); CPD, centers of plant diversity (12); MC, megadiversity countries (13); G200, global 200 ecoregions [(16), updated by (54)]; HBWA, high-biodiversity wilderness areas (14); FF, frontier forests (19); LW, last of the wild (20).

• Parts of 4 global biodiversity hotspots

• 29 Ramsar sites

• 47 IBAs

• 60 ecoregions

• 488 protected areas

HKH biodiversity: Significance

Species:

• Amphibians: 340+ (6,433)

• Mammals: 500+ (5,490)

• Reptiles: 520+ (9,084)

• Plants (vascular): 32,000+ (294,842)

HKH biodiversity: Significance

Current Results (currentresults.com)

Why publish globally?

• Scattered data

• Data available: National level (scattered)

• Online published data (not using the same standard)

• Published data (hard copy such as books, journals, etc.)

• Unpublished data (individual/institutions)

HKH biodiversity: Status

• Investment for data management

• Culture towards open access

• Tap unpublished data

• Digitise available hardcopy data

• Convert published data into single standard

• Open access

HKH biodiversity: Way to go

Let our work be seen by the world

How

How to publish globally?

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility

• Established by governments in 2001 to encourage free and open access to biodiversity data, via the Internet

• Global network of 57 countries and 47 organisations (India, and Pakistan have country node, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Nepal do not have country node yet)

• Free and open access

• http://www.gbif.org

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GBIF data use cases

• Monitoring national-level biodiversity targetsSoberón, J. and Peterson, A. (2009), AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 38(1):29-34. 2009, Monitoring Biodiversity Loss with Primary Species-occurrence Data: Toward National-level Indicators for the 2010 Target of the Convention on Biological Diversity. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1579/0044-7447-38.1.29The paper proposes a methodology for assessing range loss for species affected by land-use conversion, using raw occurrence data combined with remote sensing and cutting-edge modelling.

• Impacts of climate change on biodiversityHillyer, R. and Silman, M. (2010), Global Change Biology. Changes in species interactions across a 2.5 km elevation gradient: effects on plant migration in response to climate change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02268.The paper investigates factors that will affect future abundance of tree species forced to migrate to higher altitudes in the Andes in response to changing climate conditions.

• Assessing the cultural values of biodiversityGaikwad, J. et al (2011), Ecological Modelling. Ecological niche modeling of customary medicinal plant species used by Australian Aborigines to identify species-rich and culturally valuable areas for conservation. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.07.005The paper uses a modelling programme to map the potential ecological niches for more than 400 plant species used by Australian Aborigines in traditional medicine.

Together we can…

Well established and functional BIF indeed helps the country, organisations, and researchers to significantly increase the benefits from past, present, and future investments in biodiversity research and data collection

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